Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Dec. 5 deliberately pushed the world’s largest rocket fuel tank beyond its design limits to really understand its breaking ...
NASA engineers spent last week deliberately breaking the Space Launch System's fuel tank in order to see how durable it is. The process involved a test version of the SLS rocket, one made specifically ...
NASA Space Launch System, the rocket system that will eventually provide the means for the space agency to send spacecraft and astronauts to the Moon, is a very big deal. The project has been in the ...
NASA confirmed that the replaced seals are stable and functioning as expected under cryogenic and pressure conditions.
During a similar test earlier this month, sensors detected a leak of super-cooled liquid hydrogen – rocket fuel for NASA's SLS rocket.